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All Middle East articles
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Reviews‘Desert Warrior’ review: Visually stunning Saudi Arabian epic lacks an emotional core
Antony Mackie and Sir Ben Kingsley star in Rupert Wyatt’s 7th century Arabian drama
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Reviews‘Unidentified’ review: Haifaa Al Mansour’s Saudi thriller sees a grieving woman turn detective
The Saudi Arabian director reteams with star Mila Alzahrani, who plays a true-crime enthusiast investigating a murder
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NewsGaza protesters take to streets in San Sebastian
Festival director José Luis Rebordinos and Spanish culture minister attend.
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NewsFront Row lands MENA rights to Red Sea opener ‘The Tale of Daye’s Family’
The Egyptian drama was also selected for the Berlinale.
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Reviews‘Without Permission’ review: An exiled filmmaker returns to Iran in Hassan Nazer’s bold docudrama
Real Iranian children discuss love and hope in the British-Iranian director’s Busan Competition feature
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NewsJafar Panahi issues call to reform rules on international Oscar submissions
The Iranian filmmaker received the Asian Filmmaker of the Year award in Busan.
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NewsIsraeli anti-war film ‘The Sea’ sweeps politically-charged Ophir awards as government pulls funding
The story of a Palestinian boy who dreams of seeing the sea is now Israel’s entry to the international Oscar category.
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News‘The Voice Of Hind Rajab’ to open inaugural Doha Film Festival
Kaouther Ben Hania’s film won the Silver Lion at Venice.
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NewsSaudi’s delayed $150m historical epic ‘Desert Warrior’ to premiere at Zurich
The drama is led by ‘Captain America’ star Anthony Mackie alongside Oscar-winner Ben Kingsley.
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NewsOlivia Colman, Yorgos Lanthimos among 1,300 signatories of pledge against working with Israeli film institutions “complicit in genocide”
These institutions include film festivals, broadcasters, and production, sales and distribution companies.
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Reviews‘Divine Comedy’ review: Ali Asgari skewers Iranian cultural restrictions in witty satire
Charming performances carry Asgari’s fifth feature about a fictional director attempting to screen his latest film in Tehran
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NewsJim Jarmusch “disappointed and disconcerted” by Mubi Sequoia Capital funding
Jarmusch said Mubi CCO Jason Ropell called him “immediately” about the issue.
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NewsRed Sea film festival boosts programming team
Toronto film curator Giovanna Fulvi, former MAMI Mumbai Film Festival artistic director Deepti D’Cunha and Good Chaos CEO Mike Goodridge are among the appointments.
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FeaturesWhy Sepideh Farsi’s childhood in Iran compelled her to make Gaza doc ‘Put Your Soul On Your Hand And Walk’
The Cannes ACID premiere is now screening at the Edinburgh film festival.
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FeaturesPalestine’s Kamal Aljafari talks Locarno competitor ‘With Hasan In Gaza’
The Palestinian filmmaker pieced together the documentary from footage shot in 2001.
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NewsAflamuna Connection reveals 18 Arab filmmaker projects for ninth edition
EXCLUSIVE: The projects span fiction, documentary, docu-fiction and animation.
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NewsPalestinian ‘No Other Land’ contributor Awdah Hathaleen killed in West Bank
Israeli settler Yinon Levi has been arrested following the death of Hathaleen.
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NewsNetflix partners with MBC Group on groundbreaking subscription deal for MENA
Streaming service Shahid will play alongside Netflix on the recently launched MBCNOW.
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NewsKorea’s CJ ENM launches Saudi subsidiary to accelerate Middle East expansion
The base in Riyadh will oversee production and distribution for the South Korean entertainment giant in the MENA region.
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NewsVenice-bound ‘Cotton Queen’ lands MENA distribution deal
EXCLUSIVE: Marks the feature directorial debut of Sudanese-Russian filmmaker Suzannah Mirghani.